I promise you, I am still stitching away. I can’t share the project, but I am seeing a finish in the near future! In the mean time, I have still been adding to my stash collection and have even picked out the next project I will start once I finish the model stitch.

That gorgeous mermaid is Nora’s newest release, Mermaid Undine by Mirabilia. I fell in love with her immediately and ordered her right away. Her colors are magnificent and I just love her tail. I will be stitching her on 16ct Aida Gina by Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephaine. It will be perfect for her. I am still missing 2 of the Waterlilies threads, in this photo, but they are at my LNS and I will get them before I start her. I know that I have other projects that I want to work on and finish, but I am really itching for a new start and Undine will be it when I finish my current project.

I have not slowed down in adding new beautiful things to my ever growing stash either. When I picked up Undine and her supplies at Stitches N Things, a few other things fell into my bag 😉

Let’s see, we have the 1st and 3rd editions to the Snowglobe Mantle by Bent Creek. Love this piece, but I will definitely be changing out the fabric on this one. Do not like the brown linen it came with. I’m sure I have something in my stash that will work out wonderfully. Noel by T. A. Smith Designs, Trick or Treat by Needle Bling Designs, Summer Laguna Mermaid by Nora Corbett, some petite braids for the PR SAL, a tea pot needle minder (I love tea pots) and Santa Claus Weeks Dye Threads that I want to try on a project.

These beauties I received from my good friend, Annie. She is such a sweetie. I love all the gifties she sent:

Last week I received these beauties from Stephanie’s 4th of July sale along with my August Fabric of the Month. All are 16ct Aida and are gorgeous!

From top left, clockwise, we have Soaring Dragonfly, Pretty in Pink, Oberon, Storm, Silvermist, and Hexing. I can’t wait to stitch on them all some day.

And my most recent additions are a magazine that hubby picked up for me. He works near a Barnes and Noble and new I was waiting for this issue to hit the stands.

Joan Elliott’s Belle de Mer is exquisite! Can’t wait to stitch this one someday, too and I already have the perfect fabric for her. And the Halloween pattern I received in the mail yesterday is an Alessandra Adelaide Needleworks pattern and I LOVE it! I have been wanting to stitch one of her designs. She had a rough time on her face book group from a not so nice individual and I wanted to show my support of her work. There are several other designs by her that I want to stitch, too, but I settled for this one for now.

So, there you have it. All of my new stash. Lots of things for me to dream about stitching one day. For now I will keep plugging away at the model stitch. I’d love to know what you have added to your stash lately??

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This luscious, hand dyed fabric from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie. It’s called Sailor’s Delight and it is 16 ct Aida. I LOVE the colors! I joined her Fabric of the Month Club and this is January piece. She is currently dying a piece of Sky & Grass that I will be using to stitch Roses of Provence on and can’t wait to get it next week. Her fabrics are so beautiful and my wish list from her is getting longer and longer every time I see something stitched on one. And I love it that she is located in Michigan as I am. Click on the link and check out her lovely hand dyes. From there you can check out her facebook page and see what people are stitching on her fabulous fabbies!

I also received this:

I purchased this on ebay after trying to find it in stores and couldn’t. It contains a pattern by Nora Corbett that I have seen many times over the last few months and when I first saw it, I fell in love with it.

Snow Queen. Me being a snowman lover, I just had to have it. She is just beautiful and the pattern will be added to my “stash of things to do”. Of course I have to find the perfect fabric for her and it just might be a hand dyed by Stephanie! I already have something in mind…

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Hubby and I spent most of the weekend re-organizing. We started in the “man-cave” where we cleaned off the book shelves and got rid of things no longer needed. Then we ordered 2 new shelves with doors to accommodate my 54 (and growing) scrapbooks! The shelves that they are on now are too narrow and the books hang off of the edges by several inches. And only the 2 middle shelves of the 2 current book shelves can be used for 12 x 12 scrapbooks. We will pick up the new shelves on Thursday and hubby will have to put them together. So then what did I organize??

I took all of my cross stitch patterns out of 2 banker boxes and made new files for my filing cabinet that has been sitting empty for a year now. I made all the labels with my brother label maker-LOVE that thing. Above is drawer 1. Here is drawer #2:

This drawer is full of my Mirabilia, Lavender & Lace and Joan Elliott patterns. I even tore apart my “kitted” Mirabilia’s and added the Krenik threads and beads to my collection and just left the pattern with the fabric. I started on the top 2 drawers for my stamping and scrapbooking, but that will be another weekend. I still have 2 bins out in the garage full of cross stitch “stuffs”, but that is mostly bulky things like afghans, pillows, kits, towels, borders and such. I would like to bring them inside and put them on the shelf where the bankers boxes used to be. That too will have to wait for another weekend. It was fun looking through all of my patterns and seeing what I have that I had forgotten about. The only draw-back…I want to start a ton of new things! I did get a little stitching time in this weekend and worked on Erin’s RR. Just started putting the beads on and I will post that when I am finished. I also added a few stitches to August Fairy and here is what she looks like now:

I know, not a lot added. I really love the colors.

I will add another post in a bit and show you what hubby made for me over the weekend!